July 15, 2024
El Lugar Donde Los Niños Desaparecieron Historias De Terror - REDE

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The witch who killed two children.
One afternoon, my grandmother told us a
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story she lived very closely. She
was always a very sociable woman. All
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the people of Aculco know her,
for from before she tried to live with
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everyone. When I met Catalina,
the whole picture changed. That woman was
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new in the village and Grandma Jacinta, seeing that she knew nothing about the
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place, offered her friendship, not
knowing the consequences it would have, because
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many people knew that Catherine was a
mysterious person who came to the village without
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a specific reason, because she was
the typical physically attractive woman, but also
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a good person, because she always
carried with her fruits, sweets or even
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made desserts to give to the little
ones. Catherine was able to buy a
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house outside of Aculco, where a
large leafy tree stood next to her new
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home. Grandma always mentioned the peculiarities
of that town. However, she continued
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her friendship with that mysterious woman Jacinta. I was going to visit her all
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the time. They talked hours and
hours. There was something very strange about
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her, because she never talked about
her family, so Grandma assumed she had
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no one to trust. Maybe it
was a bit of a pity. The
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rumor among the children became very great, as everyone loved to go to Catherine
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' s house. They went out
happy and with lots of gifts, and
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the parents were not very funny.
Some accepted the gifts because of the economic
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situation that prevented them from being able
to buy any gifts from their children.
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One afternoon, Catherine' s house
became quite a feast, for that woman
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had ordered a tree house to be
made for all the children of the village.
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That was when the parents began to
trust even more, as no one
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had cared as much about the well- being of their children as that woman.
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Grandma said it had been a good
choice to be friends with that woman
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who at that time gave everything for
those who needed it most. One afternoon,
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while my grandmother baked a pay for
her friend, Catalina, a very
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strange feeling came to her. It
was like something bad was gonna happen.
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He let that feeling pass and went
on with his activities. That afternoon she
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planned to eat with her friend.
Like every Saturday, when he got home,
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no one came to the door.
It was at that time that a
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little disappointed, my grandmother returned home
and ate that valley she had baked.
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However, that night all the people
went into despair, as the parents of
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two children, David and Carlos,
were seeking the support of all those in
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the village to find the little ones. They had gone out to play early
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and it was time they didn'
t come. It really was a very
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strange thing. It didn' t
make much sense about what happened, but
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what was true was that the parents
were desperate. My grandmother went out in
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search of the children something told her
that they were with Catherine something strange had
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happened, because on returning to her
friend' s house there was nothing that
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could verify that and for some strange
reason, that woman still did not return
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home. That night, no one
in the village could sleep because of what
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was happening. It was a very
strange thing. The village was very small.
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They all knew each other, protected
each other, and it was the
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first time that something like that happened. The children were still missing and Catalina
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also what automatically linked her to David
and Carlos' s mistake, while Grandma
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was in a refusal to have her
friend do that. The villagers continued to
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search in every possible corner, but
it was as if they had been swallowed
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up by the earth. There was
no trace of them, but neither of
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that woman. It was like the
parents of those children. They went to
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ask Grandma if she knew anything about
her friend, to which she, distressed
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and distressed, said no. As
the days passed, among all the inhabitants
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they decided to open Catherine' s
house, because they knew they could find
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some clue. Upon entering the house
and seeing in depth they all took a
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great surprise, for that woman had
a room full of potions, letters,
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dolls and different things to cast spells. It was at that time that now
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they had not only blamed that woman
as a kidnapper, but also as a
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witch. That situation seemed to be
terrifying. Deep down, it was clear,
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as no one knew his past and, at the same time, looked
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like a dubious woman. People appreciated
her for what she gave to children was
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something like an exchange between the material
for affection. Some said that Catherine had
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the power to read minds and that
she could manipulate children to do her will.
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Others claimed to have seen her pick
up dark ingredients in the forest during
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midnight, speaking words in a forgotten
tongue. But the most disturbing thing of
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all was his appearance. A tall, thin woman with shining eyes and a
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peculiar smile. His black hair fell
on his shoulders, entangled with branches and
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dry leaves, as if nature were
entangled in it. Tension in the village
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began to grow. It wasn'
t the same anymore. The children stopped
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playing and that illusion was lost.
Things had been complicated at such a point
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that parents would not let their children
out or around the corner. Grandma was
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in a state of shock over what
happened. He could not believe that he
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had offered his help and offered support
to a witch, but things were like
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that. One night, in the
midst of despair, Grandma returned to the
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witch' s house in the hope
of finding some answer at that time.
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Upon arriving at the house, he
observed the tree house because a foul smell
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came out of that place, something
like spoiled. That was when he realized
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that it was one of the places
that had not been checked, as he
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could climb the tree and the image
he found that night was reflected for life
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in his mind. My grandmother clearly
relates how when she opened that tree house
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the bodies of both little ones were
found. But that' s not all.
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He had a macabre smile on his
face. They also had no eyes.
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Most curious of all is that those
poor children had just one hole in
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their left chest. It was as
if their hearts had been snatched away.
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My grandmother couldn' t believe it. It really was a terrible thing.
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He quickly tipped it off to the
village. What Happened It was a fact
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that no one could believe, but
unfortunately it was real. That witch had
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seized the soul of David and Carlos, who in life had been happy and
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joyful children within their families. Upon
arriving at the tree house, they realized
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what had really happened. There were
hundreds of theories and rumors about what happened.
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Grandma tells of the impotence she felt
because, even though she tried to
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find some answer to what happened.
There was no sign of it. Nothing
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was known about that witch, any
family background, not even her last name,
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even at that time, there was
even doubt that she really called herself
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Catherine as she was called within the
village. The little ones were buried that
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day. There was much doubt about
the disappearance, but mainly about the death
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of the children, as it had
been a traumatic event for all those who
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saw their faces full of fear.
That Witch never physically appeared again, but
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everyone knew that her shadow prevailed in
the village, as from what happened,
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the parents cared for their children.
They did not allow them to greet strangers
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and chose to take care of them. This legend happened when my grandmother was
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young and until today I remember 100% what happened. She even claims that
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the Witch sometimes appears in her dreams
laughing and playing with those children of the
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village. The grandmother, with her
face marked by pain and terror, told
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the story with a trembling voice.
As the days passed, rumors began to
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circulate, but the damage was already
done. Grandma always ended her story with
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a whisper. She' s still
here. Somewhere we can' t see
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her, but her curse is still
alive. Never forget what happened and never
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allow your children to wander alone in
the dark. That story continues to mark
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the new generations. Catherine' s
cabin stood on the edge of the forest.
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From the outside it looked like a
forgotten relic. The wooden walls were
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covered in moss, with loose boards
and broken windows. The door was old
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enough. The vines had taken possession
of the place, climbing the walls and
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wrapping the structure. The garden was
overrun by weeds, with crooked trees and
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dead branches casting shadows. Despite its
abandoned appearance, it was said that the
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interior of the cabin told a different
story. Rumors in the village spoke of
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a place that remained mysteriously intact,
as if Catherine had never left. Those
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brave few who had ventured to enter
spoke of furniture in perfect condition, of
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a fireplace with still hot ashes and
candles that seemed to have been consumed recently.
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The walls were decorated with dark tapestries
and strange symbols, and a sense
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of fear permeated as if someone were
watching in the distance. The village had
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tried to sell the cottage on multiple
occasions. The ads were published and interested
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people were attracted by the low price
and promises of a good property, but
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none lasted long there was always something
that made them flee from childhood laments,
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a shadow that moved without reason or
the cold feeling of being observed by someone.
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Where the accounts of potential buyers became
more and more terrifying and the reputation
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of the cabin as a cursed place
grew over time. The cabin became a
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macabre point of interest. The inhabitants
kept their distance and the parents told stories
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of the witch to their children to
keep them away from the forest. Catherine
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' s cabin remained there intact and
waiting for a prison of shadows and memories.
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Trapped in time and in the terror
he had unleashed, no one dared
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to cross. The Witch' s
cabin remained a mystery, a place where
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time had stopped and where evil seemed
to breathe in every corner. Despite the
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years, his presence was mysterious.
After telling the story, Grandma remained silent.
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That night, Grandma lay down,
closed her eyes, but the dream
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brought no rest. He tells us
he dreamed he was back in the woods
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walking to the cursed cabin. The
night was cold. He came to the
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cabin and with a shaking in his
hands, pushed the door ajar. The
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interior was as I remembered it,
intact but imbued with an evil presence.
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Suddenly, a macabre laugh was heard
in the dark. Grandma turned and there
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was cataline standing in the middle of
the room. His tall, thin figure
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was even more sinister. Under the
dim light and his eyes shone evil.
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It was surrounded by the children of
the village, their faces frozen in those
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smiles, macabres, their eyes empty
and fixed on the grandmother. The witch
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raised a hand pointing to Grandma and
her laughter was heard again. Grandma tried
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to move, but she was paralyzed, trapped in the horror of vision.
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He woke up suddenly sweating and with
his heart beating fast. The room was
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dark and silent, but the feeling
of being observed did not abandon it.
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Catherine' s laughter was still in
her mind and the children' s vision
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would haunt her forever. Since that
day, Grandma never spoke of the cabin
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or the witch again, but her
nights were always filled with those dreams,
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the shadow of Catherine, the cursed
witch kept appearing in her dreams, laughing
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macabrely and playing with the darkest memories. The grandmother knew that the witch had
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disappeared physically, but she was still
in her mind because of the trauma caused
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by that experience that lived in the
shadow of the child, I decided to
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enter a maquiladora. When I arrived
I could see that this place looked more
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like a winery than a company.
It was at that time that I began
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to feel a bit different vibe out
of the ordinary. That was only a
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fleeting thought, for as the local
workers arrived they welcomed me with much affection
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and patience. I quickly went to
human resources, where they explained the conditions
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of the company, as well as
the schedules. When an exception was made
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with respect to school hours during the
week, I had to replace my hours
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by working weekends on the night shift. I was really surprised by that condition,
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because I really did not know that
there was that shift. Many people
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worked at night because of their personal
conditions. After hearing everything, I accepted
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the situation in one way or another. My need was very great and I
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should have an income as soon as
possible. I took my uniform and started
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working. At lunchtime. I found
a chair in one of the corners of
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the cellar, but at that time
many boys of my age approached to invite
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me to sit with them and eat
together. Most of them were from my
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generation. As long as we live
together. All my fear began, for
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Paul, who had been working there
for more years, said in one of
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the conversations that at night a child
appeared and not only that, that the
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sound of machines was always heard.
Some even claimed that the sewing devices were
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on in the early hours of the
morning. Many of the workers claim to
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feel pulls on their clothes. Or
someone' s after them, but when
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they turn around, it' s
not great to see anything anymore. I
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wanted to know more about that story. Our meal time was already over and
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we should continue our activities. My
routine of the week was going on and
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I couldn' t cope with the
uncertainty they had told me, but I
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was hoping that it would be weekend
to be at night and to know if
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something in the atmosphere changed, besides
that there would be more time to talk
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about it, because at night there
was no manager or anyone to watch us.
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I didn' t consider myself a
scary person, but there was something
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in that place that made me change
my mind. When the weekend came,
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all the boys would come together to
tell horror stories. That' s when
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they started talking about the child'
s story. Who is known to have
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been killed in those directions, which
is why his soul was in pain.
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Clearly, the atmosphere became chilling.
Listening to those stories with fear I began
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to enjoy my work and was very
heavy on the subject of school. That
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' s how the weeks and months
went by. Even that subject had been
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completely forgotten, as I had not
been able to witness anything unusual in the
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factory. I came to think it
was the usual hazing to scare me off
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until one day I didn' t
bring dinner and went out for something quick
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to take my hunger away. That
night, I remember Paul insisting on joining
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me, but I refused because I
knew it would not take me long to
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return. I left quickly on the
block where the winery was located. That
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night I had a feeling someone was
following me. It was normal, because
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it was a weekend and many people
are out on the street because of the
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parties. Just before I got to
the corner I stopped and felt clearly a
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pull on my shirt. But when
I turned around, there was no one
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at the time. Things started to
turn into fashions. Minutes later, as
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I was on my way, I
began to hear sad sobs almost off.
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It was at that time that I
saw in the corner a child of a
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peculiar and at the same time strange
appearance. I decided to approach and at
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that moment ask him if he had
seen anyone behind me to the very distance
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that Burlona answered me with expression,
that he was already big enough to walk
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alone in the street and in fear. At that time, I was responding
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to the child who wasn' t
afraid of me. It was simply mistrust
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and caution in case someone wanted to
rob me when I asked him what he
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was doing outside the house, which
he only looked at me with laughter and
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mockery again that boy told me that
he lived very close to there, but
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that he could not sleep and he
left home for a while to clear himself,
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but that everyone knew him in the
area was not at risk and that
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it was not the first time that
he had laughed. After a few minutes
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of conversation, I asked him again
if I had not seen who was following
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me to what the child denied with
his head. I crossed the street and
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headed towards the post, which could
only be seen a light in the middle
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of the darkness. Already talking to
the taquero, I asked him if I
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knew the boy if he was from
around here, but the man and a
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watchman were just looking at me with
concern and they told me what he was
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talking about. It was at that
moment that fear was completely invaded in my
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body that child who is there I
said turning my eyes to the sidewalk across
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the street, where the child was
supposed to be still standing. Those men
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told me they had time, that
they saw me signaling like I was talking
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to someone. The watchman told me
that he was sitting there looking at me
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with confusion. Those men thought I
was a man with mental problems, for
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they had heard me speak only for
several minutes. After a great deal of
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confusion, the worried taquero told me
to describe the child. I described that
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I was about eight years old,
dark and skinny, to which the taquero
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quickly replied that it was the soul
of a child who was murdered many years
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ago. Here in the center At
that time the vigilante said that people only
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see it and listens to it everyone
who already has very little to die.
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At that time, fear invaded my
whole being my blood seemed to freeze and
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I didn' t know how to
act before what I had lived. I
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tried to hold on to digest what
I had heard. That' s when
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I paid my bill and ran back
to the cellar to tell the boys what
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had happened. I really couldn'
t believe it, but they were just
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looking at me with concern, because
when I looked in the mirror I was
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really pale and in shock. That
child was the same one that appeared not
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only in the streets, but also
in the maquiladora. But not only that.
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In my head I resounded that phrase
that men had told me that everyone
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who sees and listens to him means
that he is very short to die.
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That night I wished with all my
might that it would fly away, for
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I already wanted to see the shadows
and hear any strange noise. It made
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me remember what happened and my colleagues
were really worried about me and my face.
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I tried to stay calm and get
on with my job. I wanted
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to distract myself to forget what happened. What I thought was just a local
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legend had become a reality for me. I knew that sorrowful soul wanted something
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from me, but I didn'
t know if I was willing to find
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out what I really wanted. So
he spent the rest of the week unable
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to exligate the dream I didn'
t really know that something like that could
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get my life out of control.
The anxiety came all the time to me
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the fear of dying, but also
the constant feeling that that child was walking
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behind me. That' s when, after all the signs, I talked
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to the watchman. He was an
elderly man, who had been the oldest
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person working in the company. When
he told me my story, he looked
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at me with deep sadness and concern. He told me it wasn' t
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the first time anyone told him anything
like that. All these years. I
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didn' t want to be scared
any more, but those people who told
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him what happened to the former vigilante
died months later because of strange situations.
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At that moment I went into despair. I asked him what he could do
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about it. That' s when
he started telling me the true story of
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that child, because years ago it
is said that the child was murdered by
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his own parents, who fled and
left his body in the house that was
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right next to the cellar. And
years later, that house was bought and
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remodeled. Many of the neighbors and
those who know the area claim to hear
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the sobs of that child seeking rest. That is why he takes the lives
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of the younger ones in order to
find a kind soul that will take him
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with him to the kingdom of heaven, a situation that is impossible. But
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a soul like him does not understand
it from that day on, I did
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not know what to do with what
had happened that event. I had stolen
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my dream. Besides, I felt
all the time that a shadow was chasing
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me. I was terrified of working
the night shift. For a moment I
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thought of quitting, but I was
not going to let that shadow torment me
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much less the fact of what I
had been told about my death. That
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' s how the months went by
and the fear was fading away. One
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night, while I was focused on
my work, I heard one of the
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machines in the background running like someone
was occupying it. The strange thing about
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all this is that no one on
the night shift knew how to handle those
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teams. That' s when my
partner Paul and I approached to see what
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was happening. As we got closer, we could see nothing but the trail
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of sweets that we sensed for a
moment that someone had fallen off. Being
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more realistic, we both knew that
it was probably the presence of that child
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and I tried to keep calm inside
it died of fear. I knew something
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bad was about to happen, but
I didn' t want to accept my
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fate. Paul looked at me with
fear, for he had heard many stories
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that ended in misfortune and, moreover, that we thought of a solution to
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free the soul of that child.
There were very few answers. The presence
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of that child became more evident.
The funny thing about this is that not
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everyone had the power to see it. Only a few who, like me,
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tried to be calm, but inside
they were invaded by fear. After
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a series of strange events, we
decided to talk to the manager, who,
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with a mocking laugh, did not
believe what we were telling him.
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In the midst of our despair,
he went to bless the factory to see
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if that soul would leave as the
manager mentioned. Days later that factory was
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blessed and the days passed by calmly. It seemed like everything was going back
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to normal. One night, as
I went out to smoke a cigarette,
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again I felt as if someone was
chasing me until, finally, when I
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turned my gaze, I could see
the shadow of a car that the child
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was smiling at me in a macabre
way of impression, I threw away my
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cigarette and tried to scream or at
least say a single word, but it
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was all in vain, as it
seemed that my whole body had frozen.
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As much as I was trying to
do something. Screaming or running was impossible
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and I didn' t understand why
I had entered such a shocking state of
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shock that my body couldn' t
stand it at the time. I only
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remember falling to the ground and when, after much I could open my eyes,
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I was lying inside the factory.
While my colleagues were looking at me
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with concern, I told them it
was the boy who caused me to faint.
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The boys told me that when I
went out looking for me, one
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of them saw me lying by the
gate of the factory. That' s
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how they put me in, but
as much as they tried, they couldn
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' t get me to wake up. That night I was so confused I
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couldn' t work. I came
home with a lot of questions. After
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what happened, I could no longer
concentrate on my daily activities, such as
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school and work. My peace of
mind was running out more and more and
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my acquaintances questioned me all the time. If I was okay, I always
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said yes, that nothing happened.
But deep down, that image of that
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smiling child appeared in my mind or
sometimes out of nowhere I heard his lament,
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I didn' t understand why he
had chosen me to feel his presence.
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After much thought, I decided to
give up my job, as things
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were getting more and more tense.
I stopped going to the factory and something
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changed in me. Perhaps what that
soul really wanted was to get away from
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that place, which he could successfully
accomplish some nights. I keep dreaming about
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that figure that haunts me and I
know it' s just a dream.
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Something inside me is filled with fear
when I imagine that child is watching me
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all the time. I still have
contact with friends from the factory, who
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claim they continue to detect strange noises
and appearances at night, but most of
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them have already gotten used to the
company of that sorry soul who spends it
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all around the maquiladora alone and in
the middle of the darkness, thinking that
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that nightmare was over. One night, I got a call that left me
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icy, because when I picked up
the phone it was the same voice as
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that child. I remember it perfectly. That voice repeatedly uttered my name was
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a lament of seeking help, as
if he knew deep down that I knew
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he had the key in his despair. I didn' t understand anything at
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the time. I was in a
state of shock, truly, but I
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used things were going wrong and that
child' s soul was beginning to follow
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me everywhere. Although he had renounced
the factory at that time nothing he had
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done, those sacrifices had made sense. Despair was beginning to come into my
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life. Things were getting complicated and
there came a point where every night my
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phone rang at the same time.
Sometimes a deep silence was heard, but
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in some others they were laments that
took over my apartment. The dream began
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to leave, began to invade my
fear, but mainly despair. One day
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after much thought, I went to
the taquerÃa with the man who had been
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the day of my encounter with the
child. While I was talking to the
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taquero. After explaining that series of
events, the man looked at me with
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concern and told me that things were
getting out of hand. I knew I
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had to do something. That man
assured me that since that night no one
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had seen anything unusual. It was
at that moment that we both came to
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the conclusion that that soul had chosen
me to take over my soul, mainly
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by going mad, to lose my
sanity and do something I could regret I
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decided to try to face what happened
and started to investigate the subject. I
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knew it was going to be complicated, but not impossible. I understood the
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sadness of that child, the decision
to work in the factory. It had
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been the moment of change I had
had in my life. Everything was confusing
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until one day I decided to leave
that place. I changed my residence,
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started a new life, and that' s where, apparently, I had
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gotten rid of that cursed soul,
the baby from headquarters. Deep down in
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the night, the headquarters commanders began
to mention those secrets between the buildings.
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Something strange happened to the soldiers marching
down the halls. They knew hundreds of
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peculiar stories in that place, but
there was a specific legend that was well
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known among the military and mainly in
that barracks there was something that still persisted
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in that place, something that did
not belong to this world. One night,
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a tearful cry was heard all over
the place. He alerted mainly those
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who were on guard, among them
I was. Those who were awake.
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Walking through the halls they stopped instantly. The crying came from a dark,
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dusty room. Diego Ulises and Humberto, who followed the cry of a baby,
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approached the farthest wing of the barracks. By opening the door. In
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between, they came across a scene
that iced their blood. In the middle
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of the room, on an ancient
crib worn by time, was a Baby
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wrapped in Harapos with such dark eyes. Their cry was so strong that they
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did not understand why the other companions
did not go to the room. The
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funny thing about all this is that
that little boy had no tears in his
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eyes. In his gaze there was
only an abyss of darkness. The comrades
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at that time looked at each other
worried. The next morning, the military,
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still disturbed by the meeting with the
mysterious Baby, gathered in the courtyard
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of the barracks for the list pass. Some of them shared what they had
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witnessed the night before. Most of
their companions mocked Erns tribes for the incident,
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fatigue, or imagination for the darkness
of the night. The funny thing
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is that on this occasion three of
them had experienced the same event It was
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a strange thing, but they knew
that in the midst of that madness there
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was a truth. In the midst
of the talk, only one of the
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older cadets remained silent, listening attentively
to every word by the restless young soldiers.
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His eyes reflected concern as if he
had heard that story before. After
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the roll call, the senior cadet
discreetly approached those who had witnessed the Baby
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in the abandoned room. With a
serious and serious voice, he ordered them
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to continue to a corner away from
the courtyard. Once there, in the
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middle of the headquarters buildings, the
senior cadet revealed to them the dark story
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he knew about that baby. According
to him, years ago there was a
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cook at HQ she n n n
s NR. In that place, her
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name was Helena, but fate took
away her dreams and instead left her scars
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that tormented her night and day.
Elena had been the victim of the cruelest
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ill- treatment. His body was
marked by the hands of a man who
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had been his partner inside the barracks. For months he endured blows and humiliations,
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clinging to a better future. But
that future faded away in a terrible
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moment when, days after having his
baby, the little one lost his life.
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Or at least they thought so because, among rumors, they claimed that
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they had taken it from him.
The main suspect was his partner, a
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man who at that time was captain
of the most important group of the Barracks
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all spoke of him with respect,
but mainly with fear, because they knew
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that that man was able to do
anything with him, to get what he
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wanted. The loss of her baby
plunged Helena into a pain she couldn'
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t escape. The nights became a
torment of nightmares, where the shadow of
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his lost son came at night,
which meant hearing that baby' s lament.
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But not only did Elena feel the
baby' s presence, but also
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those who were more vulnerable, more
prone to suffering, as many military personnel
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at the time also saw the baby' s ghost figure or heard her cry
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on silent watch nights, where it
was usually three o' clock in the
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morning. It was there that a
little anguish was present in the minds of
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those who dared to hear it.
One day Elena took her things and left
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without saying goodbye, leaving in that
barracks the soul of that baby who lost
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his life in her arms. That
man, who was the father of the
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baby' s shadow, was slowly
losing his mind while doing his guanes and
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tours. He was pale. Everyone
was concerned about his state of health and
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mainly about his mental state, because
on many occasions people claim to have seen
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him, talking alone, screaming and
even crying, something truly incredible for a
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man like him. At first it
was rumored that the cause of his change
417
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had been Helena' s departure.
With the passage of time, the conclusions
418
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were that that soul of his baby
had tormented him completely to such a degree
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as to close completely that room where
the boys had seen the baby is Last
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night it was after several years that
the cadet was locked in a psychiatric hospital,
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for there was no trace of that
man and brave that they all knew.
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On the contrary, that subject had
been dragged by his past, but
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mainly by the baby' s shadows. At the end of the story,
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the senior cadet warned them that the
baby was a dangerous presence, capable of
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sowing chaos and destruction if not faced
with determination and courage. It was a
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story that had not only been heard
from generation, but had been lived all
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00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:20.559
along, the soldiers listened attentively to
the words of the major cadet, feeling
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how the cold of fear seized them
They knew they should prepare for the worst,
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facing the baby and the horrors that
accompanied his presence. In that place.
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The nights at the barracks became even
darker and darker after the initial encounter
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with the missing baby. Despite the
fact that the young soldiers no longer ventured
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near the abandoned room, the regrets
of the child continued since the first time.
433
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Some of the young people claimed to
have seen shadows in the broken windows
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of the barracks, while others swore
to have heard the weak cry of the
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child on the darkest rs nights between
them was clearly Ulysses and the two friends,
436
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who shared their turn. But despite
the fear that took over the three
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young soldiers, every time night fell, they kept on trying to ignore what
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happened. Those boys continued their daily
duties, training and preparing to face the
439
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challenges. They knew the missing baby' s presence wouldn' t disappear easily.
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One night, Ulysses was on guard
duty inside the military barracks. His
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companions, exhausted by the activities and
by those sleepless nights because of the laments
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of the baby' s soul,
had decided to retire to rest, leaving
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Ulysses alone as the night progressed.
He patrolled only the halls of the barracks.
444
00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:54.920
He knew that he could not be
overcome by fear, perhaps because in
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such places the symbol of strength is
to prove that there is no fear.
446
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It was when Ulysses entered the room
where he had first seen the baby.
447
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Terror reached its peak, as it
was at that time that the young man
448
00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:16.880
stopped dry. His heart was pounding
in his chest as he looked around for
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any sign of danger. That'
s when he heard the crying again.
450
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Now accompanied by a heartbreaking lament with
slow passage, Ulysses approached the ancient cradle
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resting in the center of the room. Once there the baby had his dark
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eyes fixed on Ulysses tried to retreat
from that cursed place, but his legs
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refused to obey him. The next
day, when his companions started looking for
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him because he did not show up
for the roll call, they found him
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at the same place where they had
left him the night before. Looking at
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him, his face was pale.
His eyes reflected a great horror. Ulysses
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had witnessed a state of shock,
unable to say a coherent word. His
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hands trembled uncontrollably as he tried to
point something in the empty corner of the
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room. At that time, those
young people did not know how to react.
460
00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:22.400
Clearly, the military is trained to
deal with any kind of problem.
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However, paranormal things made them enter
a state of shock in which it was
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difficult to get out. Ulysses was
immediately taken to a psychiatrist. His companions
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were concerned about his state of mind. The doctor received him in a room
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with clear walls, seeking to create
a relaxing atmosphere. Despite this, Ulysses
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could not remove the image of the
baby with dark eyes from his mind.
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Every time I closed my eyes I
felt that penetrating look that had paralyzed him
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the night before. The psychiatrist listened
carefully, while Ulis, then still in
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shock, tried to explain what he
had seen. His words were inconsistent at
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first, but gradually with effort he
managed to describe the baby' s presence.
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He claimed it wasn' t a
dream or a hallucination. Throughout several
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sessions, Ulysses continued to repeat the
same story about the ghost baby in such
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00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:30.079
detail that he seemed to relive every
second of that experience. The psychiatrist could
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00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:34.280
not ignore the impact this had on
the young man' s mind. He
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decided to investigate more about the history
of the place where Ulysses had had the
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meeting, discovering what decades ago had
been rumors about the appearance of a spirit.
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Meanwhile, Ulysses began showing signs of
superficial improvement, but inside the baby
477
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' s image never disappeared. His
nights were a constant return to the room
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where he found him, waking up
frequently with the feeling of those dark eyes,
479
00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:08.800
looking at him despite all the efforts
of the psychiatrist and his companions Ulises
480
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never again being himself. The experience
had marked him deeply. The cadets,
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concerned about Ulysses' mental health and
fearing that others might suffer the same fate,
482
00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:27.880
made a drastic decision. They decided
to close again the room where the
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00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:32.039
cradle appeared and that ghost baby with
chains and locks. They sealed the door,
484
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hoping that with this they could avoid
future encounters and preserve the well-
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being of the young military. Despite
their efforts, the lamentations did not cease
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completely. From time to time,
on the quietest nights you could hear in
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that closed room, some cadets claimed
to have heard a baby cry, a
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00:42:54.360 --> 00:43:01.639
sound that quickly faded away leaving them
with a feeling of discomfort. Rumors about
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00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:07.920
the cursed room spread quickly among the
cadets. Even though the door was firmly
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00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:14.400
closed, no one could avoid feeling
a chill as they passed near it.
491
00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:21.559
The stories about the ghost baby were
told quietly, each adding a more macabre
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00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:28.760
detail than the previous one. Eventually, some braver cadets decided to investigate on
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00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:35.159
their own. Every attempt to open
the sealed door ended in failure. Those
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00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:39.360
who dared to get too close claimed
to feel a cold and heavy presence,
495
00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:45.480
a pressure on their chest that made
it difficult for them to breathe every night.
496
00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:51.320
Fear was present in the cadets.
They knew something dark lived in that
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room, but no one was willing
to face it directly. Some began to
498
00:43:55.960 --> 00:44:00.719
avoid the corridor where the room was
closed, while others, more superstitious,
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00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:07.679
left small protective amulets near the door, waiting for them to ward off the
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00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:12.400
evil that seemed to dwell there.
Over the months, life in the place
501
00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:17.000
continued, but the presence of the
cursed room and sounds never ceased to be
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a shadow over the garden cadets.
It was a cloudy day in the little
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kindergarten I was attending. When it
happened, I still remember, we were
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all playing in the yard, running
and sliding down the slide, but that
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00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:50.480
day something was wrong. I remember
seeing her at first I didn' t
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understand what was happening. My fatima
classmate was sliding down the slide with a
507
00:44:54.519 --> 00:45:00.199
smile on her face, but then, in a blink, everything changed.
508
00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:04.760
His body, he tightened and his
face turned into a mask of terror.
509
00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:10.559
Something invisible caught her in the middle
of the slide and in an instant it
510
00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:15.599
all ended. His body. He
was still at the foot of the slide,
511
00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:21.559
his eyes open and lifeless. The
cry that came from us was heartbreaking.
512
00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:27.840
The masters ran toward her something dark
had happened, something that could not
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be explained by zoological word. That' s when the apparitions started. The
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00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:38.760
days that followed were filled with fear. The teachers tried to calm our fears
515
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by assuring us that everything was fine, but we knew the truth. After
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00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:51.559
several weeks we saw our partner,
the girl who had died wandering around the
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playground. It appeared and disappeared.
It wasn' t just a passing vision.
518
00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:01.400
We saw her clearly every detail of
her pale face and dress floating in
519
00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:09.239
that dress she wore on the day
she died. At first we tried to
520
00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:15.719
ignore her by convincing ourselves that it
was just our imagination. But soon things
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00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:21.639
began to get worse. The toys
moved on their own and sinister laughter was
522
00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:25.400
heard in the hallways. The slide, the place where everything had started,
523
00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:31.719
became a point of terror. No
child wanted to approach her, but we
524
00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:37.039
felt her presence there, a dark
energy was as if the kindergarten had been
525
00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:44.079
cursed, caught in a cycle of
fear and despair. The death of our
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00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:50.639
companion had unleashed something, something that
could not be stopped or understood. And
527
00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:53.920
so, day after day, we
lived in a constant state of terror,
528
00:46:54.960 --> 00:47:01.320
knowing that she was there, watching
us waiting for weeks. Fear in kindergarten
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00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:07.000
did not diminish. On the contrary, it intensified. With every appearance and
530
00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:14.079
every inexplicable event. The teachers,
desperate to find a solution, called for
531
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an emergency meeting with the parents.
The parents sitting in rows of folding chairs
532
00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:24.079
were very concerned. They knew something
was very wrong, but the gravity of
533
00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:30.920
the situation was not evident. Until
the teachers began to speak, they explained
534
00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:36.800
what had been happening since the tragic
death in the Sliding. They related the
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00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:42.039
strange visions, the toys that moved
on their own and the presence felt in
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00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:45.199
every corner of the garden. At
that time, fear swept through the room.
537
00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:51.679
But then, one by one,
the parents started talking. His accounts
538
00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:57.960
were surprisingly similar. His children had
been seeing the same girl. They described
539
00:47:58.079 --> 00:48:00.880
how their little ones were returning home
to b Abs talking about a companion who
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00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:06.199
played with them in the yard,
a girl who always seemed sad and lonely.
541
00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:10.760
A mother told how her daughter had
woken up one night screaming that the
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00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:15.920
girl from the slide was in her
room. Another father described how his son
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00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:21.280
refused to go to the kindergarten,
saying that the girl watched them from the
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00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:28.239
shadows, a girl in golden curls
and a white dress. The teachers promised
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to do everything they could to protect
us and find a solution. They decided
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00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:38.840
to close the slide, surrounded it
with yellow ribbons and warning signs, hoping
547
00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:45.440
that it would calm the restless spirit. But the child' s presence did
548
00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:51.039
not disappear. It continued to be
seen everywhere. The situation just got worse.
549
00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:57.119
We lived in a constant state of
terror. Terrified parents didn' t
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00:48:57.199 --> 00:49:00.360
want to take their children out of
the garden, fearing the damned woman would
551
00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:07.360
follow him home. The teachers,
equally frightened, were desperately looking for someone
552
00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:10.440
who could help them. The news
of the strange events in the kindergarten quickly
553
00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:15.480
spread throughout the small town and it
was not long before the mother of the
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deceased girl found out. She had
been in great pain for months, trying
555
00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:27.360
to find a way to continue her
life after the sudden loss of her daughter.
556
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When he heard rumors about the apparitions
and unexplained events, his heart was
557
00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:37.719
filled with fear, but at the
same time with confusion, he decided to
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00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:42.760
attend the next parenting meeting. Upon
entering the room, the murmur of voices
559
00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:49.199
stopped. All parents looked at her, aware of the immense pain she was
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00:49:49.199 --> 00:49:53.480
enduring. She sat in silence,
waiting her turn to speak, when she
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00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:59.599
finally rose the room was left in
silence. It was from one moment to
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the next that the woman began to
talk about her daughter. He described the
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little one with a tenderness that broke
the hearts of all present. He spoke
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of her joy, her laughter and
how unfair it had been to lose her
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so suddenly. Then he began to
relate the strange events that had been happening
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in his own home. This woman
was honest with all the parents, for
567
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she said that since her daughter had
died, her presence in her house had
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been constant. At first, he
thought that everything was the product of his
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imagination, that his mind played a
bad game because of the pain. But
570
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then things became clearer and more disturbing. The woman claimed to have seen shadows
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moving down the halls, listening to
screams, but mostly laments. At the
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end of that womanâ s words, parents and teachers looked at each other
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with expressions of wonder and fear.
La la la. La. The mother
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continued to say that she had tried
to convince herself that everything had been the
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product of her imagination. I knew
your daughter was trapped in that world and
576
00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:13.920
it wasn' t children' s
imagination. I knew that little girl'
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s soul appeared. The murmurs grew
again as the mother sat her testimony.
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He added a new layer of horror
to the already creepy situation. If the
579
00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:31.039
mother was also experiencing these phenomena,
it meant that the girl' s spirit
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00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:37.000
was not discarded from the kindergarten was
present both in her home and in the
581
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place where a lost soul died.
Seeking rest, the kindergarten teachers and staff
582
00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:50.000
decided that it was time to take
more drastic measures. They would look for
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a medium, someone who could communicate
with the girl' s spirit and,
584
00:51:53.320 --> 00:52:00.159
hopefully, help her find peace.
The following days were full of preparations.
585
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The parents and teachers worked together,
investigating and looking for the right person who
586
00:52:06.760 --> 00:52:13.039
could release the girl. Finally they
found an older woman known in the village
587
00:52:13.199 --> 00:52:17.880
for her ability to communicate with the
hereafter agreed to help them. On the
588
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day of the session of spiritism,
the kindergarten was enveloped in silence. The
589
00:52:23.639 --> 00:52:29.719
medium placed candles and personal belongings of
the deceased girl in the middle of the
590
00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:34.760
classroom where she used to play.
Some parents who attended and teachers formed a
591
00:52:34.840 --> 00:52:40.119
circle of hands. As the woman
began to summon the little one the air
592
00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:45.960
in the room became cold and the
candles blinked. Then the medium spoke with
593
00:52:46.119 --> 00:52:51.679
a voice that was not entirely his, a voice full of sadness and despair.
594
00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:57.400
Parents and teachers clung to each other
praying silently with tears in their eyes.
595
00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:01.199
The child' s mother gave a
stick forward and spoke in a very
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00:53:01.280 --> 00:53:07.480
subtle tone, but everyone knew something
bad was about to happen. The session.
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He had brought an apparent calm to
the kindergarten, but the shadow never
598
00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:17.840
completely faded. Life in the garden
continued, but always with a sense of
599
00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:22.440
fear from us, who were very
afraid to stay alone somewhere far away.
600
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On the last day of school,
as was tradition, a group photo shoot
601
00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:36.599
was organized for us in the playground. The teachers tried to create a cheerful
602
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atmosphere. Once again, the slippery, now abandoned, remained in that place.
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The photograph was taken and at that
time everything seemed normal. When the
604
00:53:49.639 --> 00:53:53.559
photos were revealed, the horror broke
out again. In the group image.
605
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Among the smiling faces of the children
was clearly the pale and sad face of
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the deceased girl. His eyes full
of indescribable suffering, looked directly at the
607
00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:10.880
House. The impact was immediate and
devastating. The parents, seeing the photograph,
608
00:54:12.599 --> 00:54:17.960
felt a great terror. The teachers
tried to find logical explanations, but
609
00:54:19.079 --> 00:54:22.960
there was none that could justify the
appearance of the girl in the photo.
610
00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:29.320
The feeling that the curse had not
been broken, but simply contained, took
611
00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:35.840
hold of all. In time,
the kindergarten closed its doors. The dark
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events that had marked that place were
too deep to be ignored. The parents
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searched for other places for their children
and the playground was abandoned. A past
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that everyone wanted to forget, but
that no one could really leave behind.
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Now, many years later, I
am an adult and I still keep that
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photograph. I keep it in a
drawer every time I look at it,
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I feel transported back to that kindergarten
to the fear and confusion of those days.
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The image of the deceased child has
always been present in my life.
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Sometimes at night. I think I
hear his laments in the middle of the
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darkness. I cannot help but wonder
if his spirit continues to seek comfort,
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if it is still trapped between two
worlds, unable to find the way to
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light. The nights were the hardest. It was during one of those sleepless
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nights that I decided I had to
face those memories once and for all.
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Gathering my former companions was not an
easy task. Some had left the village
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and others preferred to forget that dark
chapter of our lives. As I shared
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the photograph and talked about my concerns, I managed to convince some of them
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to join me. On a last
visit to the abandoned kindergarten, we find
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ourselves in a village café, a
place full of nostalgic memories. We were
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a small group, barely five of
us, but we all carried the same
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weight of those days. As we
shared our stories, I realized that each
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of us had been somehow marked by
garden events. The shadow of the girl
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had not only surrounded the playground,
but also our lives. We decided to
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go to the garden at dusk we
walked silently, each lost in his thoughts
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and memories. The building now crumbling
and covered in weeds. On the other
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hand, the slide was already rusty
and crooked. We stopped in front of
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the entrance, doubting for a moment
the silence was overwhelming with a deep breath.
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I pushed the door and we walked
in. The interior was dark and
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dusty. At that time we headed
to the classroom, where we used to
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spend our hours. Now an abandoned
space, we lit flashlights, we sat
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in a circle, just as they
had done during the séance of spiritism years
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ago. I began to speak by
calling the girl' s spirit, hoping
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that somehow we could help her find
peace. The air suddenly became cold and
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the flashlights blinked a presence made a
dark energy feel. I felt an icy
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hand over mine and I knew she
was there. One of my trembling companions
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took the photograph and placed it in
the center of the circle. We tried
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to talk to her, offer her
comfort, but the presence became more intense,
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more desperate. Then one of my
colleagues suggested that we look on the
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slide, the place where everything had
started. We approach the rusty structure with
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trembling hands as they eat mons to
dig around the base. It was then
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that we found something that none of
us expected, a small object wrapped in
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cloth, buried in the earth.
When we dug it up, we discovered
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it was an old amulet. Suddenly, the air became even more icy.
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And at that moment he appeared in
front of us. It held the amulet
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and minutes later we headed to a
small cemetery nearby, a quiet place full
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of flowers. We dug a small
hole and placed the amulet inside, covering
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it with dirt. I said a
brief prayer, asking his spirit to find
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the peace he so needed. After
what happened, we decided not to talk
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about the subject anymore, as the
kindergarten remained abandoned, the photograph remains guarded,
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remains a symbol of fear and anguish. We had done everything we could
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to free the girl' s soul, hoping that the act of burying the
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amulet would allow her to find the
peace she so much needed. Deep down,
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uncertainty persisted. We never really knew
whether that spirit had found eternal rest
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or whether it continued to wander between
two worlds. The kindergarten, once filled
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with laughter and games, remained silently
abandoned to the tragic events that had occurred.
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None of us went back to that
place. After that night we decided
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that the best thing for our own
lives and mental healing was to get away
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from that story and the memory of
the child. In time, our paths
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separated. Some of us moved to
other cities looking to start again away.
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Others simply avoided talking about it by
preferring to leave it. In the past.
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Life continued and the shadows of those
days sometimes returned We learned to live
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with them without allowing them to dominate
us. I realized that some questions would
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never find an answer and that the
real challenge was to learn to live with
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that. The pool girl, my
cousins and I decided to go to a
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spa to camp the heat was so
strong that we wanted to distract ourselves for
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a while to clear ourselves of our
responsibilities. We all packed up the essentials
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to spend the weekend and made an
appointment to go to the place. When
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they arrived at those landscapes they seemed
impressive, but there was something very rare.
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Actually, we all started to feel
a bit heavy vibe, but we
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let go of what happened and we
continued with our fun when we talked to
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the watchman to keep our belongings.
That older man assured us that we should
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be careful at night, for there
were certain things that might frighten us,
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but first of all we kept calm
for what would happen. We tried to
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ask him more deeply or get some
important information about why from his words,
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but the man no longer mentioned anything
about it. While it was dark,
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we began to enjoy the evening.
It was until my cousin Yasmin went to
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the bathroom and screamed very loudly.
We quickly ran to find out what was
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happening. It was there that his
eyes became full of fear and quickly he
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could see the state of shock in
which he was in. It was really
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a matter of great concern because of
what was happening, we tried to ask
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him what had happened. She simply
remained silent about what happened. After several
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hours, he finally released a few
words where he claimed to have seen the
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shadow of a child crying in the
hallways of the bathroom. That little girl
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was of low stature, with a
lilac dress and long hair. His image
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was so real that he doubted it
was his imagination. It was a girl
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' s soul. That was clear. At night, none of us could
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sleep, even though we all thought
that soul could become present at any time.
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The next day, my cousin jazz
wanted to leave I could no longer
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stand one more night in that place, because of what was happening quickly I
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went in search of the doorman,
who had to have an answer about what
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my cousin had seen that night.
The man listened to me and at the
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end of the story, the man
told me that it was the soul of
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a girl, who was around the
place. It was over a thousand nine
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hundred and seventy when that man began
to work in the place was very young.
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Back then, the place was private
property. It belonged to a wealthy
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and powerful family, who had a
daughter. Three years later, that little
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girl by the name of Elisa drowned
while swimming in the pool and the parents
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tried to do everything they could.
Everything was impossible because that pool was two
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meters deep and the little one was
just a little girl who by an oversight
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lost her life in a surprising way. Those parents never recovered from the tragedy.
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They decided to sell the place after
a few years. That' s
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when the current owner saw it more
as a tourist spot. But from there
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the ghost of the girl who had
died in the pool was still in all
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those who went to the place.
For the watchman it was quite normal to
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feel the child' s presence and
even to hear it, for he had
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known in life and in a certain
way knew all the suffering that carried that
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soul, but he knew that those
tourists were quite terrified if she was present
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mainly at night. That was one
of the issues by which that place,
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despite being surprising. It was never
full of people, for that was when
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we realized that those legends were true
and there was a shadow of a girl
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hidden between the walls of the place. After analyzing things, we decided to
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continue our journey. Now I had
a different twist to know even more about
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that little girl wandering in the hallways. When the night arrived we were aware
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of the presence of that soul,
who quickly became present, but with his
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laments. At that time we knew
that something bad would happen if we continued
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to provoke that soul. That'
s how after packing we decided to leave
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that place. Every night I dreamt
of the same scene that girl crying at
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all times, perhaps sometimes by the
pool some others in the bathrooms and in
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different parts of the place. I
knew he was trying to communicate something to
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me, but I couldn' t
do anything about it, for that soul
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had been lost for too many years. His fate was that. All I
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wanted was to stop thinking about it. Stories written and adapted by Andrea Lezama
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The witch who killed two children.
One afternoon, my grandmother told us a
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story she lived very closely. She
was always a very sociable woman. All
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the people of Aculco know her,
for from before she tried to live with
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everyone. When I met Catalina,
the whole picture changed. That woman was
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new in the village and Grandma Jacinta, seeing that she knew nothing about the
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place, offered her friendship, not
knowing the consequences it would have, because
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many people knew that Catherine was a
mysterious person who came to the village without
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a specific reason, because she was
the typical physically attractive woman, but also
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a good person, because she always
carried with her fruits, sweets or even
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made desserts to give to the little
ones. Catherine was able to buy a
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house outside of Aculco, where a
large leafy tree stood next to her new
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home. Grandma always mentioned the peculiarities
of that town. However, she continued
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her friendship with that mysterious woman Jacinta. I was going to visit her all
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the time. They talked hours and
hours. There was something very strange about
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her, because she never talked about
her family, so Grandma assumed she had
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no one to trust. Maybe it
was a bit of a pity. The
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rumor among the children became very great, as everyone loved to go to Catherine
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' s house. They went out
happy and with lots of gifts, and
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the parents were not very funny.
Some accepted the gifts because of the economic
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situation that prevented them from being able
to buy any gifts from their children.
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One afternoon, Catherine' s house
became quite a feast, for that woman
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had ordered a tree house to be
made for all the children of the village.
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That was when the parents began to
trust even more, as no one
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had cared as much about the well- being of their children as that woman.
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Grandma said it had been a good
choice to be friends with that woman
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who at that time gave everything for
those who needed it most. One afternoon,
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while my grandmother baked a pay for
her friend, Catalina, a very
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strange feeling came to her. It
was like something bad was gonna happen.
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He let that feeling pass and went
on with his activities. That afternoon she
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planned to eat with her friend.
Like every Saturday, when he got home,
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no one came to the door.
It was at that time that a
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little disappointed, my grandmother returned home
and ate that valley she had baked.
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However, that night all the people
went into despair, as the parents of
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two children, David and Carlos,
were seeking the support of all those in
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the village to find the little ones. They had gone out to play early
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and it was time they didn'
t come. It really was a very
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strange thing. It didn' t
make much sense about what happened, but
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what was true was that the parents
were desperate. My grandmother went out in
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search of the children something told her
that they were with Catherine something strange had
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happened, because on returning to her
friend' s house there was nothing that
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could verify that and for some strange
reason, that woman still did not return
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home. That night, no one
in the village could sleep because of what
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was happening. It was a very
strange thing. The village was very small.
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They all knew each other, protected
each other, and it was the
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first time that something like that happened. The children were still missing and Catalina
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also what automatically linked her to David
and Carlos' s mistake, while Grandma
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was in a refusal to have her
friend do that. The villagers continued to
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search in every possible corner, but
it was as if they had been swallowed
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up by the earth. There was
no trace of them, but neither of
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that woman. It was like the
parents of those children. They went to
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ask Grandma if she knew anything about
her friend, to which she, distressed
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and distressed, said no. As
the days passed, among all the inhabitants
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they decided to open Catherine' s
house, because they knew they could find
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some clue. Upon entering the house
and seeing in depth they all took a
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great surprise, for that woman had
a room full of potions, letters,
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dolls and different things to cast spells. It was at that time that now
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they had not only blamed that woman
as a kidnapper, but also as a
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witch. That situation seemed to be
terrifying. Deep down, it was clear,
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as no one knew his past and, at the same time, looked
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like a dubious woman. People appreciated
her for what she gave to children was
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something like an exchange between the material
for affection. Some said that Catherine had
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the power to read minds and that
she could manipulate children to do her will.
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Others claimed to have seen her pick
up dark ingredients in the forest during
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midnight, speaking words in a forgotten
tongue. But the most disturbing thing of
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all was his appearance. A tall, thin woman with shining eyes and a
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peculiar smile. His black hair fell
on his shoulders, entangled with branches and
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dry leaves, as if nature were
entangled in it. Tension in the village
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began to grow. It wasn'
t the same anymore. The children stopped
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playing and that illusion was lost.
Things had been complicated at such a point
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that parents would not let their children
out or around the corner. Grandma was
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in a state of shock over what
happened. He could not believe that he
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had offered his help and offered support
to a witch, but things were like
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that. One night, in the
midst of despair, Grandma returned to the
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witch' s house in the hope
of finding some answer at that time.
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Upon arriving at the house, he
observed the tree house because a foul smell
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came out of that place, something
like spoiled. That was when he realized
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that it was one of the places
that had not been checked, as he
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could climb the tree and the image
he found that night was reflected for life
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in his mind. My grandmother clearly
relates how when she opened that tree house
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the bodies of both little ones were
found. But that' s not all.
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He had a macabre smile on his
face. They also had no eyes.
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Most curious of all is that those
poor children had just one hole in
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their left chest. It was as
if their hearts had been snatched away.
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My grandmother couldn' t believe it. It really was a terrible thing.
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He quickly tipped it off to the
village. What Happened It was a fact
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that no one could believe, but
unfortunately it was real. That witch had
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seized the soul of David and Carlos, who in life had been happy and
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joyful children within their families. Upon
arriving at the tree house, they realized
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what had really happened. There were
hundreds of theories and rumors about what happened.
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Grandma tells of the impotence she felt
because, even though she tried to
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find some answer to what happened.
There was no sign of it. Nothing
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was known about that witch, any
family background, not even her last name,
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even at that time, there was
even doubt that she really called herself
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Catherine as she was called within the
village. The little ones were buried that
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day. There was much doubt about
the disappearance, but mainly about the death
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of the children, as it had
been a traumatic event for all those who
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saw their faces full of fear.
That Witch never physically appeared again, but
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everyone knew that her shadow prevailed in
the village, as from what happened,
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the parents cared for their children.
They did not allow them to greet strangers
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and chose to take care of them. This legend happened when my grandmother was
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young and until today I remember 100% what happened. She even claims that
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the Witch sometimes appears in her dreams
laughing and playing with those children of the
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village. The grandmother, with her
face marked by pain and terror, told
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the story with a trembling voice.
As the days passed, rumors began to
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circulate, but the damage was already
done. Grandma always ended her story with
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a whisper. She' s still
here. Somewhere we can' t see
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her, but her curse is still
alive. Never forget what happened and never
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allow your children to wander alone in
the dark. That story continues to mark
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the new generations. Catherine' s
cabin stood on the edge of the forest.
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From the outside it looked like a
forgotten relic. The wooden walls were
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covered in moss, with loose boards
and broken windows. The door was old
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enough. The vines had taken possession
of the place, climbing the walls and
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wrapping the structure. The garden was
overrun by weeds, with crooked trees and
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dead branches casting shadows. Despite its
abandoned appearance, it was said that the
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interior of the cabin told a different
story. Rumors in the village spoke of
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a place that remained mysteriously intact,
as if Catherine had never left. Those
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brave few who had ventured to enter
spoke of furniture in perfect condition, of
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a fireplace with still hot ashes and
candles that seemed to have been consumed recently.
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The walls were decorated with dark tapestries
and strange symbols, and a sense
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of fear permeated as if someone were
watching in the distance. The village had
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tried to sell the cottage on multiple
occasions. The ads were published and interested
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people were attracted by the low price
and promises of a good property, but
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none lasted long there was always something
that made them flee from childhood laments,
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a shadow that moved without reason or
the cold feeling of being observed by someone.
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Where the accounts of potential buyers became
more and more terrifying and the reputation
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of the cabin as a cursed place
grew over time. The cabin became a
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macabre point of interest. The inhabitants
kept their distance and the parents told stories
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of the witch to their children to
keep them away from the forest. Catherine
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' s cabin remained there intact and
waiting for a prison of shadows and memories.
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Trapped in time and in the terror
he had unleashed, no one dared
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to cross. The Witch' s
cabin remained a mystery, a place where
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time had stopped and where evil seemed
to breathe in every corner. Despite the
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years, his presence was mysterious.
After telling the story, Grandma remained silent.
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That night, Grandma lay down,
closed her eyes, but the dream
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brought no rest. He tells us
he dreamed he was back in the woods
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walking to the cursed cabin. The
night was cold. He came to the
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cabin and with a shaking in his
hands, pushed the door ajar. The
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interior was as I remembered it,
intact but imbued with an evil presence.
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Suddenly, a macabre laugh was heard
in the dark. Grandma turned and there
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was cataline standing in the middle of
the room. His tall, thin figure
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was even more sinister. Under the
dim light and his eyes shone evil.
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It was surrounded by the children of
the village, their faces frozen in those
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smiles, macabres, their eyes empty
and fixed on the grandmother. The witch
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raised a hand pointing to Grandma and
her laughter was heard again. Grandma tried
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to move, but she was paralyzed, trapped in the horror of vision.
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He woke up suddenly sweating and with
his heart beating fast. The room was
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dark and silent, but the feeling
of being observed did not abandon it.
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Catherine' s laughter was still in
her mind and the children' s vision
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would haunt her forever. Since that
day, Grandma never spoke of the cabin
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or the witch again, but her
nights were always filled with those dreams,
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the shadow of Catherine, the cursed
witch kept appearing in her dreams, laughing
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macabrely and playing with the darkest memories. The grandmother knew that the witch had
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disappeared physically, but she was still
in her mind because of the trauma caused
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by that experience that lived in the
shadow of the child, I decided to
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enter a maquiladora. When I arrived
I could see that this place looked more
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like a winery than a company.
It was at that time that I began
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to feel a bit different vibe out
of the ordinary. That was only a
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fleeting thought, for as the local
workers arrived they welcomed me with much affection
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and patience. I quickly went to
human resources, where they explained the conditions
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of the company, as well as
the schedules. When an exception was made
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with respect to school hours during the
week, I had to replace my hours
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by working weekends on the night shift. I was really surprised by that condition,
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because I really did not know that
there was that shift. Many people
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worked at night because of their personal
conditions. After hearing everything, I accepted
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the situation in one way or another. My need was very great and I
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should have an income as soon as
possible. I took my uniform and started
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working. At lunchtime. I found
a chair in one of the corners of
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the cellar, but at that time
many boys of my age approached to invite
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me to sit with them and eat
together. Most of them were from my
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generation. As long as we live
together. All my fear began, for
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Paul, who had been working there
for more years, said in one of
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the conversations that at night a child
appeared and not only that, that the
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sound of machines was always heard.
Some even claimed that the sewing devices were
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on in the early hours of the
morning. Many of the workers claim to
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feel pulls on their clothes. Or
someone' s after them, but when
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they turn around, it' s
not great to see anything anymore. I
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wanted to know more about that story. Our meal time was already over and
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we should continue our activities. My
routine of the week was going on and
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I couldn' t cope with the
uncertainty they had told me, but I
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was hoping that it would be weekend
to be at night and to know if
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something in the atmosphere changed, besides
that there would be more time to talk
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about it, because at night there
was no manager or anyone to watch us.
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I didn' t consider myself a
scary person, but there was something
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in that place that made me change
my mind. When the weekend came,
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all the boys would come together to
tell horror stories. That' s when
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they started talking about the child'
s story. Who is known to have
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been killed in those directions, which
is why his soul was in pain.
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Clearly, the atmosphere became chilling.
Listening to those stories with fear I began
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to enjoy my work and was very
heavy on the subject of school. That
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' s how the weeks and months
went by. Even that subject had been
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completely forgotten, as I had not
been able to witness anything unusual in the
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factory. I came to think it
was the usual hazing to scare me off
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until one day I didn' t
bring dinner and went out for something quick
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to take my hunger away. That
night, I remember Paul insisting on joining
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me, but I refused because I
knew it would not take me long to
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return. I left quickly on the
block where the winery was located. That
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night I had a feeling someone was
following me. It was normal, because
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it was a weekend and many people
are out on the street because of the
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parties. Just before I got to
the corner I stopped and felt clearly a
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pull on my shirt. But when
I turned around, there was no one
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at the time. Things started to
turn into fashions. Minutes later, as
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I was on my way, I
began to hear sad sobs almost off.
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It was at that time that I
saw in the corner a child of a
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peculiar and at the same time strange
appearance. I decided to approach and at
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that moment ask him if he had
seen anyone behind me to the very distance
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that Burlona answered me with expression,
that he was already big enough to walk
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alone in the street and in fear. At that time, I was responding
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to the child who wasn' t
afraid of me. It was simply mistrust
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and caution in case someone wanted to
rob me when I asked him what he
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was doing outside the house, which
he only looked at me with laughter and
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mockery again that boy told me that
he lived very close to there, but
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that he could not sleep and he
left home for a while to clear himself,
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but that everyone knew him in the
area was not at risk and that
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it was not the first time that
he had laughed. After a few minutes
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of conversation, I asked him again
if I had not seen who was following
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me to what the child denied with
his head. I crossed the street and
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headed towards the post, which could
only be seen a light in the middle
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of the darkness. Already talking to
the taquero, I asked him if I
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knew the boy if he was from
around here, but the man and a
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watchman were just looking at me with
concern and they told me what he was
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talking about. It was at that
moment that fear was completely invaded in my
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body that child who is there I
said turning my eyes to the sidewalk across
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the street, where the child was
supposed to be still standing. Those men
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told me they had time, that
they saw me signaling like I was talking
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to someone. The watchman told me
that he was sitting there looking at me
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with confusion. Those men thought I
was a man with mental problems, for
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they had heard me speak only for
several minutes. After a great deal of
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confusion, the worried taquero told me
to describe the child. I described that
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I was about eight years old,
dark and skinny, to which the taquero
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quickly replied that it was the soul
of a child who was murdered many years
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ago. Here in the center At
that time the vigilante said that people only
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see it and listens to it everyone
who already has very little to die.
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At that time, fear invaded my
whole being my blood seemed to freeze and
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I didn' t know how to
act before what I had lived. I
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tried to hold on to digest what
I had heard. That' s when
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I paid my bill and ran back
to the cellar to tell the boys what
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had happened. I really couldn'
t believe it, but they were just
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looking at me with concern, because
when I looked in the mirror I was
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really pale and in shock. That
child was the same one that appeared not
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only in the streets, but also
in the maquiladora. But not only that.
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In my head I resounded that phrase
that men had told me that everyone
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who sees and listens to him means
that he is very short to die.
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That night I wished with all my
might that it would fly away, for
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I already wanted to see the shadows
and hear any strange noise. It made
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me remember what happened and my colleagues
were really worried about me and my face.
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I tried to stay calm and get
on with my job. I wanted
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to distract myself to forget what happened. What I thought was just a local
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legend had become a reality for me. I knew that sorrowful soul wanted something
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from me, but I didn'
t know if I was willing to find
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out what I really wanted. So
he spent the rest of the week unable
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to exligate the dream I didn'
t really know that something like that could
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get my life out of control.
The anxiety came all the time to me
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the fear of dying, but also
the constant feeling that that child was walking
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behind me. That' s when, after all the signs, I talked
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to the watchman. He was an
elderly man, who had been the oldest
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person working in the company. When
he told me my story, he looked
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at me with deep sadness and concern. He told me it wasn' t
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the first time anyone told him anything
like that. All these years. I
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didn' t want to be scared
any more, but those people who told
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him what happened to the former vigilante
died months later because of strange situations.
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At that moment I went into despair. I asked him what he could do
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about it. That' s when
he started telling me the true story of
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that child, because years ago it
is said that the child was murdered by
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his own parents, who fled and
left his body in the house that was
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right next to the cellar. And
years later, that house was bought and
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remodeled. Many of the neighbors and
those who know the area claim to hear
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the sobs of that child seeking rest. That is why he takes the lives
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of the younger ones in order to
find a kind soul that will take him
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with him to the kingdom of heaven, a situation that is impossible. But
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a soul like him does not understand
it from that day on, I did
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not know what to do with what
had happened that event. I had stolen
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my dream. Besides, I felt
all the time that a shadow was chasing
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me. I was terrified of working
the night shift. For a moment I
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thought of quitting, but I was
not going to let that shadow torment me
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much less the fact of what I
had been told about my death. That
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' s how the months went by
and the fear was fading away. One
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night, while I was focused on
my work, I heard one of the
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machines in the background running like someone
was occupying it. The strange thing about
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all this is that no one on
the night shift knew how to handle those
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teams. That' s when my
partner Paul and I approached to see what
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was happening. As we got closer, we could see nothing but the trail
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of sweets that we sensed for a
moment that someone had fallen off. Being
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more realistic, we both knew that
it was probably the presence of that child
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and I tried to keep calm inside
it died of fear. I knew something
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bad was about to happen, but
I didn' t want to accept my
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fate. Paul looked at me with
fear, for he had heard many stories
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that ended in misfortune and, moreover, that we thought of a solution to
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free the soul of that child.
There were very few answers. The presence
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of that child became more evident.
The funny thing about this is that not
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everyone had the power to see it. Only a few who, like me,
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tried to be calm, but inside
they were invaded by fear. After
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a series of strange events, we
decided to talk to the manager, who,
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with a mocking laugh, did not
believe what we were telling him.
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In the midst of our despair,
he went to bless the factory to see
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if that soul would leave as the
manager mentioned. Days later that factory was
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blessed and the days passed by calmly. It seemed like everything was going back
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to normal. One night, as
I went out to smoke a cigarette,
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again I felt as if someone was
chasing me until, finally, when I
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turned my gaze, I could see
the shadow of a car that the child
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was smiling at me in a macabre
way of impression, I threw away my
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cigarette and tried to scream or at
least say a single word, but it
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was all in vain, as it
seemed that my whole body had frozen.
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As much as I was trying to
do something. Screaming or running was impossible
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and I didn' t understand why
I had entered such a shocking state of
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shock that my body couldn' t
stand it at the time. I only
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remember falling to the ground and when, after much I could open my eyes,
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I was lying inside the factory.
While my colleagues were looking at me
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with concern, I told them it
was the boy who caused me to faint.
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The boys told me that when I
went out looking for me, one
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of them saw me lying by the
gate of the factory. That' s
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how they put me in, but
as much as they tried, they couldn
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' t get me to wake up. That night I was so confused I
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couldn' t work. I came
home with a lot of questions. After
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what happened, I could no longer
concentrate on my daily activities, such as
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school and work. My peace of
mind was running out more and more and
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my acquaintances questioned me all the time. If I was okay, I always
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said yes, that nothing happened.
But deep down, that image of that
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smiling child appeared in my mind or
sometimes out of nowhere I heard his lament,
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I didn' t understand why he
had chosen me to feel his presence.
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After much thought, I decided to
give up my job, as things
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were getting more and more tense.
I stopped going to the factory and something
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changed in me. Perhaps what that
soul really wanted was to get away from
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that place, which he could successfully
accomplish some nights. I keep dreaming about
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that figure that haunts me and I
know it' s just a dream.
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Something inside me is filled with fear
when I imagine that child is watching me
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all the time. I still have
contact with friends from the factory, who
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claim they continue to detect strange noises
and appearances at night, but most of
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them have already gotten used to the
company of that sorry soul who spends it
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all around the maquiladora alone and in
the middle of the darkness, thinking that
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that nightmare was over. One night, I got a call that left me
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icy, because when I picked up
the phone it was the same voice as
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that child. I remember it perfectly. That voice repeatedly uttered my name was
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a lament of seeking help, as
if he knew deep down that I knew
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he had the key in his despair. I didn' t understand anything at
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the time. I was in a
state of shock, truly, but I
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used things were going wrong and that
child' s soul was beginning to follow
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me everywhere. Although he had renounced
the factory at that time nothing he had
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done, those sacrifices had made sense. Despair was beginning to come into my
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life. Things were getting complicated and
there came a point where every night my
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phone rang at the same time.
Sometimes a deep silence was heard, but
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in some others they were laments that
took over my apartment. The dream began
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to leave, began to invade my
fear, but mainly despair. One day
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after much thought, I went to
the taquerÃa with the man who had been
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the day of my encounter with the
child. While I was talking to the
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taquero. After explaining that series of
events, the man looked at me with
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concern and told me that things were
getting out of hand. I knew I
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had to do something. That man
assured me that since that night no one
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had seen anything unusual. It was
at that moment that we both came to
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the conclusion that that soul had chosen
me to take over my soul, mainly
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by going mad, to lose my
sanity and do something I could regret I
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decided to try to face what happened
and started to investigate the subject. I
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knew it was going to be complicated, but not impossible. I understood the
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sadness of that child, the decision
to work in the factory. It had
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been the moment of change I had
had in my life. Everything was confusing
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until one day I decided to leave
that place. I changed my residence,
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started a new life, and that' s where, apparently, I had
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gotten rid of that cursed soul,
the baby from headquarters. Deep down in
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the night, the headquarters commanders began
to mention those secrets between the buildings.
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Something strange happened to the soldiers marching
down the halls. They knew hundreds of
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peculiar stories in that place, but
there was a specific legend that was well
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known among the military and mainly in
that barracks there was something that still persisted
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in that place, something that did
not belong to this world. One night,
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a tearful cry was heard all over
the place. He alerted mainly those
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who were on guard, among them
I was. Those who were awake.
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Walking through the halls they stopped instantly. The crying came from a dark,
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dusty room. Diego Ulises and Humberto, who followed the cry of a baby,
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approached the farthest wing of the barracks. By opening the door. In
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between, they came across a scene
that iced their blood. In the middle
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of the room, on an ancient
crib worn by time, was a Baby
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wrapped in Harapos with such dark eyes. Their cry was so strong that they
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did not understand why the other companions
did not go to the room. The
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funny thing about all this is that
that little boy had no tears in his
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eyes. In his gaze there was
only an abyss of darkness. The comrades
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at that time looked at each other
worried. The next morning, the military,
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still disturbed by the meeting with the
mysterious Baby, gathered in the courtyard
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of the barracks for the list pass. Some of them shared what they had
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witnessed the night before. Most of
their companions mocked Erns tribes for the incident,
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fatigue, or imagination for the darkness
of the night. The funny thing
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is that on this occasion three of
them had experienced the same event It was
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a strange thing, but they knew
that in the midst of that madness there
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was a truth. In the midst
of the talk, only one of the
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older cadets remained silent, listening attentively
to every word by the restless young soldiers.
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His eyes reflected concern as if he
had heard that story before. After
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the roll call, the senior cadet
discreetly approached those who had witnessed the Baby
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in the abandoned room. With a
serious and serious voice, he ordered them
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to continue to a corner away from
the courtyard. Once there, in the
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middle of the headquarters buildings, the
senior cadet revealed to them the dark story
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he knew about that baby. According
to him, years ago there was a
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cook at HQ she n n n
s NR. In that place, her
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name was Helena, but fate took
away her dreams and instead left her scars
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that tormented her night and day.
Elena had been the victim of the cruelest
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ill- treatment. His body was
marked by the hands of a man who
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had been his partner inside the barracks. For months he endured blows and humiliations,
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clinging to a better future. But
that future faded away in a terrible
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moment when, days after having his
baby, the little one lost his life.
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Or at least they thought so because, among rumors, they claimed that
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they had taken it from him.
The main suspect was his partner, a
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man who at that time was captain
of the most important group of the Barracks
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all spoke of him with respect,
but mainly with fear, because they knew
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that that man was able to do
anything with him, to get what he
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wanted. The loss of her baby
plunged Helena into a pain she couldn'
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t escape. The nights became a
torment of nightmares, where the shadow of
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his lost son came at night,
which meant hearing that baby' s lament.
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But not only did Elena feel the
baby' s presence, but also
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those who were more vulnerable, more
prone to suffering, as many military personnel
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at the time also saw the baby' s ghost figure or heard her cry
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on silent watch nights, where it
was usually three o' clock in the
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morning. It was there that a
little anguish was present in the minds of
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those who dared to hear it.
One day Elena took her things and left
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without saying goodbye, leaving in that
barracks the soul of that baby who lost
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his life in her arms. That
man, who was the father of the
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baby' s shadow, was slowly
losing his mind while doing his guanes and
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tours. He was pale. Everyone
was concerned about his state of health and
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mainly about his mental state, because
on many occasions people claim to have seen
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him, talking alone, screaming and
even crying, something truly incredible for a
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man like him. At first it
was rumored that the cause of his change
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had been Helena' s departure.
With the passage of time, the conclusions
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were that that soul of his baby
had tormented him completely to such a degree
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as to close completely that room where
the boys had seen the baby is Last
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night it was after several years that
the cadet was locked in a psychiatric hospital,
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for there was no trace of that
man and brave that they all knew.
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On the contrary, that subject had
been dragged by his past, but
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mainly by the baby' s shadows. At the end of the story,
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the senior cadet warned them that the
baby was a dangerous presence, capable of
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sowing chaos and destruction if not faced
with determination and courage. It was a
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story that had not only been heard
from generation, but had been lived all
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along, the soldiers listened attentively to
the words of the major cadet, feeling
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how the cold of fear seized them
They knew they should prepare for the worst,
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facing the baby and the horrors that
accompanied his presence. In that place.
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The nights at the barracks became even
darker and darker after the initial encounter
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with the missing baby. Despite the
fact that the young soldiers no longer ventured
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near the abandoned room, the regrets
of the child continued since the first time.
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Some of the young people claimed to
have seen shadows in the broken windows
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of the barracks, while others swore
to have heard the weak cry of the
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child on the darkest rs nights between
them was clearly Ulysses and the two friends,
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who shared their turn. But despite
the fear that took over the three
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young soldiers, every time night fell, they kept on trying to ignore what
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happened. Those boys continued their daily
duties, training and preparing to face the
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challenges. They knew the missing baby' s presence wouldn' t disappear easily.
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One night, Ulysses was on guard
duty inside the military barracks. His
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companions, exhausted by the activities and
by those sleepless nights because of the laments
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of the baby' s soul,
had decided to retire to rest, leaving
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Ulysses alone as the night progressed.
He patrolled only the halls of the barracks.
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He knew that he could not be
overcome by fear, perhaps because in
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such places the symbol of strength is
to prove that there is no fear.
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It was when Ulysses entered the room
where he had first seen the baby.
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Terror reached its peak, as it
was at that time that the young man
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stopped dry. His heart was pounding
in his chest as he looked around for
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any sign of danger. That'
s when he heard the crying again.
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Now accompanied by a heartbreaking lament with
slow passage, Ulysses approached the ancient cradle
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resting in the center of the room. Once there the baby had his dark
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eyes fixed on Ulysses tried to retreat
from that cursed place, but his legs
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refused to obey him. The next
day, when his companions started looking for
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him because he did not show up
for the roll call, they found him
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at the same place where they had
left him the night before. Looking at
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him, his face was pale.
His eyes reflected a great horror. Ulysses
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had witnessed a state of shock,
unable to say a coherent word. His
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hands trembled uncontrollably as he tried to
point something in the empty corner of the
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room. At that time, those
young people did not know how to react.
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Clearly, the military is trained to
deal with any kind of problem.
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However, paranormal things made them enter
a state of shock in which it was
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difficult to get out. Ulysses was
immediately taken to a psychiatrist. His companions
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were concerned about his state of mind. The doctor received him in a room
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with clear walls, seeking to create
a relaxing atmosphere. Despite this, Ulysses
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could not remove the image of the
baby with dark eyes from his mind.
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Every time I closed my eyes I
felt that penetrating look that had paralyzed him
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the night before. The psychiatrist listened
carefully, while Ulis, then still in
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shock, tried to explain what he
had seen. His words were inconsistent at
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first, but gradually with effort he
managed to describe the baby' s presence.
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He claimed it wasn' t a
dream or a hallucination. Throughout several
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sessions, Ulysses continued to repeat the
same story about the ghost baby in such
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detail that he seemed to relive every
second of that experience. The psychiatrist could
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not ignore the impact this had on
the young man' s mind. He
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decided to investigate more about the history
of the place where Ulysses had had the
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meeting, discovering what decades ago had
been rumors about the appearance of a spirit.
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Meanwhile, Ulysses began showing signs of
superficial improvement, but inside the baby
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' s image never disappeared. His
nights were a constant return to the room
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where he found him, waking up
frequently with the feeling of those dark eyes,
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looking at him despite all the efforts
of the psychiatrist and his companions Ulises
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never again being himself. The experience
had marked him deeply. The cadets,
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concerned about Ulysses' mental health and
fearing that others might suffer the same fate,
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made a drastic decision. They decided
to close again the room where the
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cradle appeared and that ghost baby with
chains and locks. They sealed the door,
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hoping that with this they could avoid
future encounters and preserve the well-
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being of the young military. Despite
their efforts, the lamentations did not cease
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completely. From time to time,
on the quietest nights you could hear in
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that closed room, some cadets claimed
to have heard a baby cry, a
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sound that quickly faded away leaving them
with a feeling of discomfort. Rumors about
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the cursed room spread quickly among the
cadets. Even though the door was firmly
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closed, no one could avoid feeling
a chill as they passed near it.
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The stories about the ghost baby were
told quietly, each adding a more macabre
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detail than the previous one. Eventually, some braver cadets decided to investigate on
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their own. Every attempt to open
the sealed door ended in failure. Those
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who dared to get too close claimed
to feel a cold and heavy presence,
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a pressure on their chest that made
it difficult for them to breathe every night.
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Fear was present in the cadets.
They knew something dark lived in that
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room, but no one was willing
to face it directly. Some began to
498
00:43:55.960 --> 00:44:00.719
avoid the corridor where the room was
closed, while others, more superstitious,
499
00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:07.679
left small protective amulets near the door, waiting for them to ward off the
500
00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:12.400
evil that seemed to dwell there.
Over the months, life in the place
501
00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:17.000
continued, but the presence of the
cursed room and sounds never ceased to be
502
00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:32.760
a shadow over the garden cadets.
It was a cloudy day in the little
503
00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:38.320
kindergarten I was attending. When it
happened, I still remember, we were
504
00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:45.000
all playing in the yard, running
and sliding down the slide, but that
505
00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:50.480
day something was wrong. I remember
seeing her at first I didn' t
506
00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:54.280
understand what was happening. My fatima
classmate was sliding down the slide with a
507
00:44:54.519 --> 00:45:00.199
smile on her face, but then, in a blink, everything changed.
508
00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:04.760
His body, he tightened and his
face turned into a mask of terror.
509
00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:10.559
Something invisible caught her in the middle
of the slide and in an instant it
510
00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:15.599
all ended. His body. He
was still at the foot of the slide,
511
00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:21.559
his eyes open and lifeless. The
cry that came from us was heartbreaking.
512
00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:27.840
The masters ran toward her something dark
had happened, something that could not
513
00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:34.079
be explained by zoological word. That' s when the apparitions started. The
514
00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:38.760
days that followed were filled with fear. The teachers tried to calm our fears
515
00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:45.880
by assuring us that everything was fine, but we knew the truth. After
516
00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:51.559
several weeks we saw our partner,
the girl who had died wandering around the
517
00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:57.239
playground. It appeared and disappeared.
It wasn' t just a passing vision.
518
00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:01.400
We saw her clearly every detail of
her pale face and dress floating in
519
00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:09.239
that dress she wore on the day
she died. At first we tried to
520
00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:15.719
ignore her by convincing ourselves that it
was just our imagination. But soon things
521
00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:21.639
began to get worse. The toys
moved on their own and sinister laughter was
522
00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:25.400
heard in the hallways. The slide, the place where everything had started,
523
00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:31.719
became a point of terror. No
child wanted to approach her, but we
524
00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:37.039
felt her presence there, a dark
energy was as if the kindergarten had been
525
00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:44.079
cursed, caught in a cycle of
fear and despair. The death of our
526
00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:50.639
companion had unleashed something, something that
could not be stopped or understood. And
527
00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:53.920
so, day after day, we
lived in a constant state of terror,
528
00:46:54.960 --> 00:47:01.320
knowing that she was there, watching
us waiting for weeks. Fear in kindergarten
529
00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:07.000
did not diminish. On the contrary, it intensified. With every appearance and
530
00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:14.079
every inexplicable event. The teachers,
desperate to find a solution, called for
531
00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:19.559
an emergency meeting with the parents.
The parents sitting in rows of folding chairs
532
00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:24.079
were very concerned. They knew something
was very wrong, but the gravity of
533
00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:30.920
the situation was not evident. Until
the teachers began to speak, they explained
534
00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:36.800
what had been happening since the tragic
death in the Sliding. They related the
535
00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:42.039
strange visions, the toys that moved
on their own and the presence felt in
536
00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:45.199
every corner of the garden. At
that time, fear swept through the room.
537
00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:51.679
But then, one by one,
the parents started talking. His accounts
538
00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:57.960
were surprisingly similar. His children had
been seeing the same girl. They described
539
00:47:58.079 --> 00:48:00.880
how their little ones were returning home
to b Abs talking about a companion who
540
00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:06.199
played with them in the yard,
a girl who always seemed sad and lonely.
541
00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:10.760
A mother told how her daughter had
woken up one night screaming that the
542
00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:15.920
girl from the slide was in her
room. Another father described how his son
543
00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:21.280
refused to go to the kindergarten,
saying that the girl watched them from the
544
00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:28.239
shadows, a girl in golden curls
and a white dress. The teachers promised
545
00:48:28.320 --> 00:48:32.559
to do everything they could to protect
us and find a solution. They decided
546
00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:38.840
to close the slide, surrounded it
with yellow ribbons and warning signs, hoping
547
00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:45.440
that it would calm the restless spirit. But the child' s presence did
548
00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:51.039
not disappear. It continued to be
seen everywhere. The situation just got worse.
549
00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:57.119
We lived in a constant state of
terror. Terrified parents didn' t
550
00:48:57.199 --> 00:49:00.360
want to take their children out of
the garden, fearing the damned woman would
551
00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:07.360
follow him home. The teachers,
equally frightened, were desperately looking for someone
552
00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:10.440
who could help them. The news
of the strange events in the kindergarten quickly
553
00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:15.480
spread throughout the small town and it
was not long before the mother of the
554
00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:22.679
deceased girl found out. She had
been in great pain for months, trying
555
00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:27.360
to find a way to continue her
life after the sudden loss of her daughter.
556
00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:32.840
When he heard rumors about the apparitions
and unexplained events, his heart was
557
00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:37.719
filled with fear, but at the
same time with confusion, he decided to
558
00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:42.760
attend the next parenting meeting. Upon
entering the room, the murmur of voices
559
00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:49.199
stopped. All parents looked at her, aware of the immense pain she was
560
00:49:49.199 --> 00:49:53.480
enduring. She sat in silence,
waiting her turn to speak, when she
561
00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:59.599
finally rose the room was left in
silence. It was from one moment to
562
00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:02.880
the next that the woman began to
talk about her daughter. He described the
563
00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:08.239
little one with a tenderness that broke
the hearts of all present. He spoke
564
00:50:08.320 --> 00:50:13.599
of her joy, her laughter and
how unfair it had been to lose her
565
00:50:13.719 --> 00:50:19.840
so suddenly. Then he began to
relate the strange events that had been happening
566
00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:23.920
in his own home. This woman
was honest with all the parents, for
567
00:50:23.920 --> 00:50:29.719
she said that since her daughter had
died, her presence in her house had
568
00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:35.199
been constant. At first, he
thought that everything was the product of his
569
00:50:35.599 --> 00:50:38.159
imagination, that his mind played a
bad game because of the pain. But
570
00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:45.000
then things became clearer and more disturbing. The woman claimed to have seen shadows
571
00:50:45.079 --> 00:50:52.280
moving down the halls, listening to
screams, but mostly laments. At the
572
00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:55.880
end of that womanâ s words, parents and teachers looked at each other
573
00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:59.719
with expressions of wonder and fear.
La la la. La. The mother
574
00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:05.320
continued to say that she had tried
to convince herself that everything had been the
575
00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:09.199
product of her imagination. I knew
your daughter was trapped in that world and
576
00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:13.920
it wasn' t children' s
imagination. I knew that little girl'
577
00:51:14.039 --> 00:51:19.760
s soul appeared. The murmurs grew
again as the mother sat her testimony.
578
00:51:21.679 --> 00:51:25.199
He added a new layer of horror
to the already creepy situation. If the
579
00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:31.039
mother was also experiencing these phenomena,
it meant that the girl' s spirit
580
00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:37.000
was not discarded from the kindergarten was
present both in her home and in the
581
00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:43.639
place where a lost soul died.
Seeking rest, the kindergarten teachers and staff
582
00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:50.000
decided that it was time to take
more drastic measures. They would look for
583
00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:52.840
a medium, someone who could communicate
with the girl' s spirit and,
584
00:51:53.320 --> 00:52:00.159
hopefully, help her find peace.
The following days were full of preparations.
585
00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:06.639
The parents and teachers worked together,
investigating and looking for the right person who
586
00:52:06.760 --> 00:52:13.039
could release the girl. Finally they
found an older woman known in the village
587
00:52:13.199 --> 00:52:17.880
for her ability to communicate with the
hereafter agreed to help them. On the
588
00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:23.519
day of the session of spiritism,
the kindergarten was enveloped in silence. The
589
00:52:23.639 --> 00:52:29.719
medium placed candles and personal belongings of
the deceased girl in the middle of the
590
00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:34.760
classroom where she used to play.
Some parents who attended and teachers formed a
591
00:52:34.840 --> 00:52:40.119
circle of hands. As the woman
began to summon the little one the air
592
00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:45.960
in the room became cold and the
candles blinked. Then the medium spoke with
593
00:52:46.119 --> 00:52:51.679
a voice that was not entirely his, a voice full of sadness and despair.
594
00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:57.400
Parents and teachers clung to each other
praying silently with tears in their eyes.
595
00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:01.199
The child' s mother gave a
stick forward and spoke in a very
596
00:53:01.280 --> 00:53:07.480
subtle tone, but everyone knew something
bad was about to happen. The session.
597
00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:12.920
He had brought an apparent calm to
the kindergarten, but the shadow never
598
00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:17.840
completely faded. Life in the garden
continued, but always with a sense of
599
00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:22.440
fear from us, who were very
afraid to stay alone somewhere far away.
600
00:53:24.519 --> 00:53:29.960
On the last day of school,
as was tradition, a group photo shoot
601
00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:36.599
was organized for us in the playground. The teachers tried to create a cheerful
602
00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:40.960
atmosphere. Once again, the slippery, now abandoned, remained in that place.
603
00:53:43.159 --> 00:53:49.559
The photograph was taken and at that
time everything seemed normal. When the
604
00:53:49.639 --> 00:53:53.559
photos were revealed, the horror broke
out again. In the group image.
605
00:53:53.800 --> 00:54:00.440
Among the smiling faces of the children
was clearly the pale and sad face of
606
00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:06.719
the deceased girl. His eyes full
of indescribable suffering, looked directly at the
607
00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:10.880
House. The impact was immediate and
devastating. The parents, seeing the photograph,
608
00:54:12.599 --> 00:54:17.960
felt a great terror. The teachers
tried to find logical explanations, but
609
00:54:19.079 --> 00:54:22.960
there was none that could justify the
appearance of the girl in the photo.
610
00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:29.320
The feeling that the curse had not
been broken, but simply contained, took
611
00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:35.840
hold of all. In time,
the kindergarten closed its doors. The dark
612
00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:42.159
events that had marked that place were
too deep to be ignored. The parents
613
00:54:42.360 --> 00:54:46.920
searched for other places for their children
and the playground was abandoned. A past
614
00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:52.239
that everyone wanted to forget, but
that no one could really leave behind.
615
00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:57.320
Now, many years later, I
am an adult and I still keep that
616
00:54:57.320 --> 00:55:00.800
photograph. I keep it in a
drawer every time I look at it,
617
00:55:00.320 --> 00:55:06.599
I feel transported back to that kindergarten
to the fear and confusion of those days.
618
00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:10.840
The image of the deceased child has
always been present in my life.
619
00:55:12.719 --> 00:55:16.360
Sometimes at night. I think I
hear his laments in the middle of the
620
00:55:16.360 --> 00:55:22.679
darkness. I cannot help but wonder
if his spirit continues to seek comfort,
621
00:55:22.239 --> 00:55:28.000
if it is still trapped between two
worlds, unable to find the way to
622
00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:32.559
light. The nights were the hardest. It was during one of those sleepless
623
00:55:32.679 --> 00:55:37.320
nights that I decided I had to
face those memories once and for all.
624
00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:45.480
Gathering my former companions was not an
easy task. Some had left the village
625
00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:50.559
and others preferred to forget that dark
chapter of our lives. As I shared
626
00:55:50.679 --> 00:55:55.039
the photograph and talked about my concerns, I managed to convince some of them
627
00:55:55.119 --> 00:56:00.920
to join me. On a last
visit to the abandoned kindergarten, we find
628
00:56:00.960 --> 00:56:06.159
ourselves in a village café, a
place full of nostalgic memories. We were
629
00:56:06.239 --> 00:56:10.559
a small group, barely five of
us, but we all carried the same
630
00:56:10.679 --> 00:56:15.519
weight of those days. As we
shared our stories, I realized that each
631
00:56:15.840 --> 00:56:22.199
of us had been somehow marked by
garden events. The shadow of the girl
632
00:56:22.480 --> 00:56:28.719
had not only surrounded the playground,
but also our lives. We decided to
633
00:56:28.800 --> 00:56:34.559
go to the garden at dusk we
walked silently, each lost in his thoughts
634
00:56:34.559 --> 00:56:38.320
and memories. The building now crumbling
and covered in weeds. On the other
635
00:56:38.320 --> 00:56:44.280
hand, the slide was already rusty
and crooked. We stopped in front of
636
00:56:44.400 --> 00:56:50.639
the entrance, doubting for a moment
the silence was overwhelming with a deep breath.
637
00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:54.480
I pushed the door and we walked
in. The interior was dark and
638
00:56:54.559 --> 00:57:00.159
dusty. At that time we headed
to the classroom, where we used to
639
00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:06.280
spend our hours. Now an abandoned
space, we lit flashlights, we sat
640
00:57:06.360 --> 00:57:10.320
in a circle, just as they
had done during the séance of spiritism years
641
00:57:10.320 --> 00:57:15.280
ago. I began to speak by
calling the girl' s spirit, hoping
642
00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:21.119
that somehow we could help her find
peace. The air suddenly became cold and
643
00:57:21.239 --> 00:57:30.320
the flashlights blinked a presence made a
dark energy feel. I felt an icy
644
00:57:30.480 --> 00:57:35.800
hand over mine and I knew she
was there. One of my trembling companions
645
00:57:36.159 --> 00:57:39.840
took the photograph and placed it in
the center of the circle. We tried
646
00:57:39.920 --> 00:57:45.199
to talk to her, offer her
comfort, but the presence became more intense,
647
00:57:45.639 --> 00:57:52.079
more desperate. Then one of my
colleagues suggested that we look on the
648
00:57:52.079 --> 00:57:57.559
slide, the place where everything had
started. We approach the rusty structure with
649
00:57:58.199 --> 00:58:02.920
trembling hands as they eat mons to
dig around the base. It was then
650
00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:07.840
that we found something that none of
us expected, a small object wrapped in
651
00:58:08.320 --> 00:58:13.760
cloth, buried in the earth.
When we dug it up, we discovered
652
00:58:13.840 --> 00:58:16.159
it was an old amulet. Suddenly, the air became even more icy.
653
00:58:16.960 --> 00:58:22.760
And at that moment he appeared in
front of us. It held the amulet
654
00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:28.840
and minutes later we headed to a
small cemetery nearby, a quiet place full
655
00:58:28.920 --> 00:58:34.679
of flowers. We dug a small
hole and placed the amulet inside, covering
656
00:58:34.840 --> 00:58:38.719
it with dirt. I said a
brief prayer, asking his spirit to find
657
00:58:38.840 --> 00:58:44.559
the peace he so needed. After
what happened, we decided not to talk
658
00:58:44.639 --> 00:58:50.199
about the subject anymore, as the
kindergarten remained abandoned, the photograph remains guarded,
659
00:58:50.719 --> 00:58:57.239
remains a symbol of fear and anguish. We had done everything we could
660
00:58:57.360 --> 00:59:01.400
to free the girl' s soul, hoping that the act of burying the
661
00:59:01.719 --> 00:59:06.280
amulet would allow her to find the
peace she so much needed. Deep down,
662
00:59:06.599 --> 00:59:13.679
uncertainty persisted. We never really knew
whether that spirit had found eternal rest
663
00:59:13.960 --> 00:59:16.719
or whether it continued to wander between
two worlds. The kindergarten, once filled
664
00:59:17.039 --> 00:59:22.519
with laughter and games, remained silently
abandoned to the tragic events that had occurred.
665
00:59:24.559 --> 00:59:30.679
None of us went back to that
place. After that night we decided
666
00:59:30.760 --> 00:59:35.639
that the best thing for our own
lives and mental healing was to get away
667
00:59:35.840 --> 00:59:39.000
from that story and the memory of
the child. In time, our paths
668
00:59:39.079 --> 00:59:45.559
separated. Some of us moved to
other cities looking to start again away.
669
00:59:46.800 --> 00:59:52.639
Others simply avoided talking about it by
preferring to leave it. In the past.
670
00:59:53.119 --> 00:59:59.719
Life continued and the shadows of those
days sometimes returned We learned to live
671
00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:04.840
with them without allowing them to dominate
us. I realized that some questions would
672
01:00:04.960 --> 01:00:10.840
never find an answer and that the
real challenge was to learn to live with
673
01:00:10.840 --> 01:00:23.599
that. The pool girl, my
cousins and I decided to go to a
674
01:00:23.679 --> 01:00:30.039
spa to camp the heat was so
strong that we wanted to distract ourselves for
675
01:00:30.159 --> 01:00:35.280
a while to clear ourselves of our
responsibilities. We all packed up the essentials
676
01:00:35.400 --> 01:00:38.119
to spend the weekend and made an
appointment to go to the place. When
677
01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:44.440
they arrived at those landscapes they seemed
impressive, but there was something very rare.
678
01:00:45.079 --> 01:00:50.239
Actually, we all started to feel
a bit heavy vibe, but we
679
01:00:50.360 --> 01:00:54.440
let go of what happened and we
continued with our fun when we talked to
680
01:00:54.519 --> 01:00:59.199
the watchman to keep our belongings.
That older man assured us that we should
681
01:00:59.280 --> 01:01:04.119
be careful at night, for there
were certain things that might frighten us,
682
01:01:05.039 --> 01:01:09.159
but first of all we kept calm
for what would happen. We tried to
683
01:01:09.559 --> 01:01:15.480
ask him more deeply or get some
important information about why from his words,
684
01:01:15.079 --> 01:01:21.480
but the man no longer mentioned anything
about it. While it was dark,
685
01:01:22.199 --> 01:01:25.079
we began to enjoy the evening.
It was until my cousin Yasmin went to
686
01:01:25.239 --> 01:01:32.039
the bathroom and screamed very loudly.
We quickly ran to find out what was
687
01:01:32.039 --> 01:01:37.280
happening. It was there that his
eyes became full of fear and quickly he
688
01:01:37.360 --> 01:01:43.159
could see the state of shock in
which he was in. It was really
689
01:01:43.199 --> 01:01:49.440
a matter of great concern because of
what was happening, we tried to ask
690
01:01:49.519 --> 01:01:53.920
him what had happened. She simply
remained silent about what happened. After several
691
01:01:54.000 --> 01:01:59.519
hours, he finally released a few
words where he claimed to have seen the
692
01:01:59.599 --> 01:02:04.440
shadow of a child crying in the
hallways of the bathroom. That little girl
693
01:02:04.519 --> 01:02:08.280
was of low stature, with a
lilac dress and long hair. His image
694
01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:14.440
was so real that he doubted it
was his imagination. It was a girl
695
01:02:14.559 --> 01:02:17.719
' s soul. That was clear. At night, none of us could
696
01:02:17.840 --> 01:02:23.880
sleep, even though we all thought
that soul could become present at any time.
697
01:02:27.320 --> 01:02:31.519
The next day, my cousin jazz
wanted to leave I could no longer
698
01:02:31.639 --> 01:02:37.320
stand one more night in that place, because of what was happening quickly I
699
01:02:37.360 --> 01:02:42.920
went in search of the doorman,
who had to have an answer about what
700
01:02:43.039 --> 01:02:46.760
my cousin had seen that night.
The man listened to me and at the
701
01:02:46.840 --> 01:02:52.760
end of the story, the man
told me that it was the soul of
702
01:02:52.760 --> 01:02:57.480
a girl, who was around the
place. It was over a thousand nine
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hundred and seventy when that man began
to work in the place was very young.
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Back then, the place was private
property. It belonged to a wealthy
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and powerful family, who had a
daughter. Three years later, that little
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girl by the name of Elisa drowned
while swimming in the pool and the parents
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tried to do everything they could.
Everything was impossible because that pool was two
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meters deep and the little one was
just a little girl who by an oversight
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lost her life in a surprising way. Those parents never recovered from the tragedy.
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They decided to sell the place after
a few years. That' s
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when the current owner saw it more
as a tourist spot. But from there
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the ghost of the girl who had
died in the pool was still in all
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those who went to the place.
For the watchman it was quite normal to
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feel the child' s presence and
even to hear it, for he had
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known in life and in a certain
way knew all the suffering that carried that
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soul, but he knew that those
tourists were quite terrified if she was present
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mainly at night. That was one
of the issues by which that place,
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despite being surprising. It was never
full of people, for that was when
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we realized that those legends were true
and there was a shadow of a girl
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hidden between the walls of the place. After analyzing things, we decided to
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continue our journey. Now I had
a different twist to know even more about
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that little girl wandering in the hallways. When the night arrived we were aware
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of the presence of that soul,
who quickly became present, but with his
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laments. At that time we knew
that something bad would happen if we continued
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to provoke that soul. That'
s how after packing we decided to leave
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that place. Every night I dreamt
of the same scene that girl crying at
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all times, perhaps sometimes by the
pool some others in the bathrooms and in
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different parts of the place. I
knew he was trying to communicate something to
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me, but I couldn' t
do anything about it, for that soul
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had been lost for too many years. His fate was that. All I
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wanted was to stop thinking about it. Stories written and adapted by Andrea Lezama








